Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei in The Darkness of the Summer (Natsu no yami) from the series Scenes of Darkness and Suffering (Mitate yami zukushi) 「夏の闇団七九郎兵衛」『見立闇つくし』

Object Details

Collection: National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Exhibition History: Underdogs and Antiheroes: Japanese Prints from the Moskowitz Collection (March 19, 2022 - February 5, 2023)

Credit Line: The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection

Data Source: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Date: 1855, 4th month
Period: Edo period

Accession Number: S2021.5.514

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865)
Publisher: Hashiya Shogoro 林屋庄五郎 (active 1847-1858)
Block carver: Yokokawa Takejiro (Hori Take)

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Type: Print

Medium: Ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H x W (overall): 37.5 × 26.4 cm (14 3/4 × 10 3/8 in)

Origin: Japan

See more items in: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Topic: Edo period (1615 - 1868); Japan; actor; tattoo; Japanese Art; The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection

Record ID: fsg_S2021.5.514

Usage: Usage conditions apply

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Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei in The Darkness of the Summer (Natsu no yami) from the series Scenes of Darkness and Suffering (Mitate yami zukushi) 「夏の闇 団七九郎兵衛」 『見立闇つくし』

Object Details

Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei in The Darkness of the Summer (Natsu no yami) from the series Scenes of Darkness and Suffering (Mitate yami zukushi) 「夏の闇団七九郎兵衛」『見立闇つくし』